Pecos Graduates Spark Summer Homecoming Notes
Pecos residents share summer updates with relatives and friends. Rachel Billeiter, daughter of Joe and Mrs. Billeiter, is home from Pecos for the season and plans to return to Texas Tech in the fall after a summer job at Pecos Valley Country Club. Genie Wickson Bell, wife of Jerry Bell formerly of Pecos, earned a BA in Speech Theatre from UTPB with top honors and teaching certifications. Becky Bradley, daughter of B H Martin, earned a Cosmetology diploma in Lubbock and will take state board exams in Austin. Karen Hartgrove, daughter of Jean Longman and Shultz Hartgrove, earned a BS in Education from Texas Tech and plans to teach in Dallas. she is a Pecos granddaughter through Milford Howard.
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Rachel Billeiter
Joe Billeiter
Johnson
Pecos
Miss Billeiter
Pecos High School
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Pecos Valley Country Club
Texas Tech
Genie Wickson Bell
Jerry Bell
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
UTPB
Bell
Becky Bradley
B.H. Martin
S. Eddy
Jesse Lee
Austin
Hilda
Karen Hartgrove
Jean Longman
Alpine
Shultz
AT WIT S END Missing socks riddle ends in lighthearted peak
Erma Bombeck surveys reader letters on the missing socks mystery. From Einstein as patron saint to blunt practical jokes and futile solutions, the column catalogs humorous proposals and shared resignation. Readers recount colorful ideas, moral lessons, and everyday observations about mismatched hosiery. Bombeck closes with a personal note about one leg disappearing from pantyhose.
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Erma Bombeck
Albert Einstein
Connecticut
Billy
Marty
Bill
Sue
Diane
Grand Canyon
Tucson
Bill Blass
Halston
Canton
Mich
Nebraska
Forest Park
Ann
Boston
Baff
Ann Landers
William Keller
Department of Psychiatry
University of Louisville, Ky
TOPS Area Recognition Day Draws Members and Awards
TOPS Morning 928 members gathered at the Second and Hickory Housing Center for Area Recognition Day in Brownsville with Gloria Guebara winning Queen of the Week and Pecos claiming multiple awards. The event included workshops, a Mexico tour, a talent show, a luncheon, and KOPS graduation. Call 445-3664 or 447-2317 to join TOPS. Arthur Wood, rejected by the British army for a bad heart, recently celebrated his 103rd birthday in England.
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Hickory
Gloria Guebara
Billie Curry
Eunice Koenning
Michelle Hatchell
Joanne Beasley
Brownsville
Mexico
Fort Brown Motor Hotel
KOPS
Pecos
Vernell
TOPS
Ketting
England
Arthur Wood
Wood
Seeds From The Lower Seeds From The Lower
A Georgia reader recounts a conversion tale of Jack once known as the Pint Killer who fell from fame to despair and found salvation in a church. The testimony highlights transformation through faith as Christ saves sinners turning burned-out lives into beauty for ashes, urging readers to seek change.
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Jack
Lord
Christ Jesus
Ann Landers column roundup with letters on love and sleepwalking
A selection of Ann Landers advices covers sexual intimacy tips, sleepwalking questions, a teen knitting query with billing advice, and a reader's note on female sexuality. The page closes with a generational clash letter and a jab about John the Baptist.
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Wit’s End
Michael A. Guido
Metter, Georgia
Cary Grant
Ontario
D.P.T
Topeka
Numero Uno
Uno
P.O
Chicago
Kinois
John the Baptist
Orig
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